ooSillyoo
Not The Brightest Bulb In The Pack
Premium
join:2004-01-13
Lawrenceville, GA
clubs: | Frys come to Georgia While driving down 85 today I realized Fry's is opening a store by Gwinnett Place Mall. | |
|
 
IPingUPing
N4BFR
Premium
join:2002-08-30
Smyrna, GA
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia Cool, I visited their store in Phoenix. Awesome selection. | |
|
Gomez
Been drinking brew for breakfast?
Premium,Mod
join:2001-02-21
Atlanta, GA
clubs: | Where? Near the defunct media play I assume? | |
|
 |
ooSillyoo
Not The Brightest Bulb In The Pack
Premium
join:2004-01-13
Lawrenceville, GA
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia Brand new building back by all the car dealerships. The building is so big that at first I thought it was a new movie theater. | |
|
|
| 
skj
Welcome to the far side of reality
Premium,Mod
join:2002-04-04
Atlanta, GA
Host:
Charter HSI/CATV
Earthlink DSL
Embarq
ISP b2b etc
Cisco
| Re: Frys come to Georgia It is an electronics store. Each of the stores has a different theme. See: »www.frys.com/
I wonder what the theme for the store in Atlanta will be.
I will also be curious to see how well it does. We are saturated with electronic stores in the Atlanta area. The Gwinnett Mall area already has a bunch of them. | |
|
| |
ooSillyoo
Not The Brightest Bulb In The Pack
Premium
join:2004-01-13
Lawrenceville, GA
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia When you say themes, what do you mean? | |
|
| | |
skj
Welcome to the far side of reality
Premium,Mod
join:2002-04-04
Atlanta, GA
Host:
Charter HSI/CATV
Earthlink DSL
Embarq
ISP b2b etc
Cisco
| Re: Frys come to Georgia From the website »www.frys.com/
Each store carries its own unique theme.
In Northern California:
- Sunnyvale's marble floors and grand piano elegantly display the history of Silicon Valley with hi-tech museum pieces
- Palo Alto brings you into Wild Bill's Wild, Wild West
- Campbell's ancient Egypt theme has a 20-foot sphinx and King Tut tombs
- Fremont is dedicated to the origins of electricity as featured at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago
- San Jose pays tribute to the first astronomers, the Mayans, with a setting from Chichenitza.
- Concord is the newest addition to the Bay Area market.
In Southern California:
- Fountain Valley hails the ruins of ancient Rome, complete with a flowing aqueduct
- Manhattan Beach takes you to Tahiti with sculpted lava tiki heads and its own rain forest
- Woodland Hills is a page out of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland storybook, with 10 to 15 foot high figurines of all the characters
- Anaheim places you on the NASA flight deck for the Endeavor Space Shuttle, complete with launches on big screen TV's
- Burbank pulls you back in time to the 1950's with a retro-space theme from Hollywood, complete with Martians and Gort, the robot
- City of Industry where the factory setting is a salute to the Industrial Revolution complete with oversized gears and cogs
- The mystical civilization of Atlantis is alive and thriving in San Marcos with numerous aquaticfeatures icluding a 7000 gallon aquarium with live sharks.
In Arizona:
- Phoenix features a giant serpent above the entrance which is emblematic of its Aztec design.
In Texas:
- Dallas' Lazy-K ranch is reminiscent of it's cattle ranching history
- Houston showcases the oil industry replete with a field of gushing oil derricks
- Austin is a tribute to the city's reputation as the "Live Music Capital of the World"
- Irving features a pictorial history of the community which was founded in the early 1900s and named after Washington Irving
- Plano depicts the city's evolution from a farming community to a modern-day urban center of commerce
In Nevada:
- the Las Vegas entrance welcomes customers with the world's largest slot machine and features a pictoral history of the Vegas Strip inside
In Washington:
- our Renton store features a historical depiction of the industrial evolution of the community with photographs of the Stetson Mill in 1911 and the originally-built Boeing plant in 1941. | |
|
neutral
faith in the future
Premium
join:2001-08-04
Ringgold, GA | Oh no way! I never thought we'd get a Frys in the south. I can't wait to see what kind of theme they do.  | |
|
| OneHeart
join:2002-02-20 | Re: Frys come to Georgia I might stop going to Best Buy now. 
--
OneHeart | |
|
|
ooSillyoo
Not The Brightest Bulb In The Pack
Premium
join:2004-01-13
Lawrenceville, GA
clubs: | Maybe we will get a theme about the fame of Georgia. Just imagine a 40FT Jimmy Carter statue holding a 10FT peanut as you walk in the door. | |
|
| | 
HomeLvr
Premium
join:2002-01-01
Atlanta, GA
 ·LINGO
| Re: Frys come to Georgia said by ooSillyoo  :
Maybe we will get a theme about the fame of Georgia. Just imagine a 40FT Jimmy Carter statue holding a 10FT peanut as you walk in the door.
Definently no. Stick to some cool historical things not georgia history lol.
This is the same thing that a movie theatre in Florida and couple locations outside of Florida. Themed Movie Theatres called Muvico.
No theatres here can beat theirs. Probably one of the things I miss since I moved from Florida.
--
Aka Damien Stone | |
|
rahlquist
Redeye
join:2001-10-30
Villa Rica, GA | Anyone know when it will be opening? As a born & bread Californian I miss them (found a peach and followed her home).
--
The difference between foresight and hindsight is only a matter of when you bother to think things through. | |
|
|
ooSillyoo
Not The Brightest Bulb In The Pack
Premium
join:2004-01-13
Lawrenceville, GA
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia They are hiring right now and the building looks almost complete with shopping carts outside, I would say soon. I'm going to try and stop by their tomorrow and see what they have enpolyment wise and when they are opening. | |
|
| |
skj
Welcome to the far side of reality
Premium,Mod
join:2002-04-04
Atlanta, GA | Re: Frys come to Georgia It sure seems they are keeping their presence very quiet. I cannot find any information on the web that they are coming to Georgia. | |
|
| | | 
roamer1
sticking it out at you
join:2001-03-24
Atlanta, GA
clubs:
| Re: Frys come to Georgia said by skj :
It sure seems they are keeping their presence very quiet. I cannot find any information on the web that they are coming to Georgia.
Low-key is typical for Fry's.
-SC
--
"it seems like all you ever buy is Abercrombie and cell phones" --a friend
No-Bull SE US Wireless Info: »www.sewireless.info/
Atlanta Apt/Condo Cable & Broadband Info: »www.atlaptcable.info/ | |
|
| | | | 
Frys CA Worker
@lax-4-12-002-031.dsl | Re: Frys come to Georgia Any chance anyone here can post some pictures of the store? I work in one of the SoCal stores and I'm supposed to be going there soon to help out with stocking the store. I aleady heard theres a store manager there. | |
|
|
| 
SigEp1995
join:2000-11-17
Alumni Hall
| Re: Frys come to Georgia said by lilhurricane :
A woman there stated Fry's was coming...to Duluth & Alpharetta. ETA of openings...still unknown 
Damn! All the good places are either on the northeast or northwest side of Atlanta. Time to move from this hell hole.
--
| Sigma Phi Epsilon | You like doggies? | | |
|
| |
| |
hi_tek_red_nek24
@bellsouth.net | Re: Frys come to Georgia Well I'm from Houston and as big as that town is we only got one Fry's, but it is worth the trip. I remember last year the day after Thanks giving there was a line to get in because it was filled to max capacity per the fire code. | |
|
|
| 
jmplep
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-22
[BBR]_JMPLEP
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia Mandy, Let me know what it is like, you are a little closer than me and the drive would take nearly an hour and a half for me. | |
|
| | 
B A
Premium
join:2002-03-03
united state
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia Ok Mickey, let you know when I go there. | |
|
| | |
jmplep
Premium,MVM
join:2001-06-22
[BBR]_JMPLEP
clubs: | Re: Frys come to Georgia Thanks. | |
|
| | | | 
moko
join:2002-12-22
Fayetteville, GA
| Re: Frys come to Georgia here's a pic of outside. | |
|
| | | | |
skj
Welcome to the far side of reality
Premium,Mod
join:2002-04-04
Atlanta, GA
3 edits | Re: Frys come to Georgia From the outside you can't tell what the "theme" is. | |
|
| | | | | |
moko
join:2002-12-22
Fayetteville, GA
| Re: Frys come to Georgia haha.....i know,i asked the guy at the entrance,taking apps,what the theme would be,and he said they arent going to do one for atl.....and then said maybe just pics of old atl. around inside;we'll i hope its a theme since all those stores i saw on their website had one.....maybe he's not allowed to tell? oh well....... did say it should open between 1 and 2 months | |
|
| | | | | | |
rahlquist
Redeye
join:2001-10-30
Villa Rica, GA
| Re: Frys come to Georgia Well I can say the Frys in Sacramento (they bought the old Incredible Universe store) had no theme. Looked like a costco.
--
The difference between foresight and hindsight is only a matter of when you bother to think things through. | |
|
| | | | | | | mooty
join:2001-01-28
Riverdale, GA
1 edit | said by moko :
haha.....i know,i asked the guy at the entrance,taking apps,what the theme would be,and he said they arent going to do one for atl.....and then said maybe just pics of old atl. around inside;we'll i hope its a theme since all those stores i saw on their website had one.....maybe he's not allowed to tell? oh well....... did say it should open between 1 and 2 months
I got the ultimate theme - and it's perfect, for Atlanta that is - The American Civil War - with a few iron cannon on old fashioned iron spoked carriage wheels placed outside, a Confederate Flag, a statue of Robert E Lee and Jefferson Davis, peanuts or goobers being sold with every Fry's purchase (LOL), and every woman employee at Fry's dressed as Scarlet O'hara ! And every male employee ? Well they just have to do their best to sport a Clark Gable mustache! Muhahahahahahahaaaa !:D
--
Alright, BIG MAN! So You Want To Make the BIG BUCK$, Eh??!!. . . . . . Do You Know How To Handle a Machine-gun? | |
|
72276539
Premium
join:2001-01-19
Atlanta, GA
| The Media Play building in Cobb is still available, hopefully they'll open up. Competition is tough, WorstBuy, Circuit City and CrapUSA all within a few blocks.
--
some people believe in astrology others believe in technology some people believe in all those -ologies but i believe in swordfish | |
|
GDATL
Premium
join:2002-02-08
Atlanta, GA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Speaking of opening up competition, there is also a BrandSmarts opening up this fall off 285 in Doraville. Yes, they do carry a lot of low-priced stuff, but also have good prices on audio, video and computer stuff. I think this is their first store outside South Florida.
--
GDATL - Atlanta GA | |
|
|
Hobob
@aol.com | Re: Frys come to Georgia FYI - Fry's is big on the West Coast. They have a really nice location in downtown Portland. | |
|
| | |
clecrupt9
join:2002-01-22
GA | I think they will regret the decision to open that store at Gwinnett place vs Mall of Georgia. That area is only going downhill. | |
|
|
See 10 replies to this post |
|
hrobins
Premium
join:2000-10-15
Regina, SK
clubs: | What happen to the Media Play's. I been away from the BIG A for over a year now  and I am missing a lot | |
|
rationale
join:2004-07-27
30323 | I do not understand why they chose that location. Its becoming really economically depressed since TMOG opened.
--
When logic fails. | |
|
|
skj
Welcome to the far side of reality
Premium,Mod
join:2002-04-04
Atlanta, GA | Re: Frys come to Georgia Even with the The Mall of Georgia having opened, going by all the traffic I see in the area, I am not convinced that it is in a location that is economically depressed. | |
|
OneHeart
join:2002-02-20
| If that area is economically depressed, then I'd have to say the same about the Mall of Georgia area.
But maybe the better question would be: what can you [I] do to NOT make it economically depressed?
--
OneHeart | |
|
|
good guy
@emhril.ameritech | Re: Frys come to Georgia Any updates? | |
|
| | OneHeart
join:2002-02-20
| Re: Frys come to Georgia I can't remember where I saw it, but if my memory serves me well, I think the grand opening is towards the latter part of August (20ish). Don't quote or hold me to that.
--
OneHeart | |
|
Gromit2
@mindspring.com
| The address of the Gwinnett Place Fry's is:
3296 Commerce Ave NW Duluth GA 30096
Are you sure that's not the old General Cinemas building (behind Sears)? That picture sure looks like it.
I'm glad they've located there and not Mall of Georgia; that will be much more convenient to most of Atlanta than MOG -- I certainly wouldn't trek up to MOG very often for small electronic components. They also probably got a lower lease on the building/land. | |
|
| Automate
join:2001-06-26
Atlanta, GA
 ·Comcast
| Re: Frys come to Georgia said by Gromit2:
I'm glad they've located there and not Mall of Georgia; that will be much more convenient to most of Atlanta than MOG -- I certainly wouldn't trek up to MOG very often for small electronic components.
As someone that lives inside the perimeter, I would agree. I have never even been to MOG. | |
|
| | g_smooth2k
join:2003-09-25
Greenville, SC | Re: Frys come to Georgia I too have not been to the Mall Of Georgia (MOG)
I come down to Atlanta at least 1 a month. And it is like about a 3 hr drive just going down but round trip is like 6 hr. | |
|
|
Gromit2
@mindspring.com
| I got there at ~7pm and picked up the FAR ATX case, 430W PS, and GMRS radios. Would have loved to have gotten the fax machine, but those were gone. The rebate forms were all printed by the cash register.
Yes, the place is huge. But as I drove out tonight, I went by the old theater -- next door. The Fry's building is new, and is at least twice (possibly 4x) as large as the theater (was it an 8-plex? it's been so long, I don't recall).
Their ad in Thursday's Atlanta paper was the entire section B -- 8 pages, not just an insert. They spent a lot of $$$ on the building, so it's no wonder they haven't opened stores in more cities.
The registers use barcode scanners. I read on an anti-Fry's website that they didn't (referring to a California store, I think). Is that still the case there? They didn't ask to see my ID to pay with a credit card, either (as was also reported on that site).
All in all, it was a very pleasant shopping experience, except for the crowds. I went without a shopping cart as long as possible to be able to move around more easily. | |
|
elefonk
I Lurk, Therefore I Am
join:2000-09-14
Atlanta, GA
2 edits | I live five minutes from MOG and I have only been there twice since it opened, I hate that area. Always too much traffic. Why don't we hate an Atlanta meet when it opens? We can all eat at Chipotle!
--
haha | |
|
| 
technick
Premium
join:2000-12-16
Loganville, GA | Re: Frys come to Georgia sounds good, i'm in.. I live not even 5 minutes from the new fry's off of sweetwater rd. | |
|
g_smooth2k
join:2003-09-25
Greenville, SC | All I know is the Address of the confirmed location
Duluth / Atlanta
3296 Commerce Ave. Northwest
Duluth, GA 30096-4711
Also Fry's possibly might open on a Friday for their Grand Opening. | |
|
|
See 9 replies to this post |
|
egood71
You Gotta Love It
Premium
join:2000-08-28
Marietta, GA | Looks like I will have to be late for work friday!!!
--
PROUD VETERAN! U.S. ARMY 01JAN90 - 01OCT97 | |
|
| |
Rogue29
join:2000-12-07
Marietta, GA
clubs: | Did anyone go Friday? How is the store? Is it worth a hike from Smyrna? | |
|
|
See 8 replies to this post |
|
sschr
join:2002-03-01
Lawrenceville, GA
| I hit there last night on my way home from work. I had been looking at a Sony DVD changer. Best Buy had it for $159. Fry's outpost.com website had it for $99. Fry's had it on the shelf for $159, like BB. I mentioned the web price on the unit, the sales guy checked with his manager, and I purchased the player for $99. They did try to push the extended warranty, but not to the point of being obnoxious.
Like someone else said, this place is HUGE! It's like you laid a Best Buy next to a Circuit City, then put a micro center and a Comp USA in front of it. I have never seen a selection of electronic equipment under one roof like this place. I plan on going back after the crowds subside and just roam. They also have a cafe in the middle of the store, so your wife can sit and read with a latte while you drool.
--
Whoever dies with the most toys, WINS! | |
|
| OneHeart
join:2002-02-20 | Re: Frys come to Georgia Do they have the FREE XP SP2 CDs at Fry's? Did anyone see/ask?
--
OneHeart | |
|
Happy Frys
@66.168.x.x
| All I can say is WOW!! Thre are some amazing rebate deals today. Like free oreilly books. $20 book with a $20 rebate. Only one book per table though. I got 2 of those plus a Dlink wireless card for $19 after another $20 rebate.
I really was amzed at the selection. Truly amazing for those that had never seen a Frys. | |
|
| g_smooth2k
join:2003-09-25
Greenville, SC
·AT&T Southeast
1 edit | Re: Frys come to Georgia There are so good deals like
Netgear Wireless-B Router
$40 In-Store Price - $40 Mail-In Rebate = $0 Price After Rebate
ATI Radeon 9600XT
$149.99
GEM 17" TFT Flat Panel
$299.99 In-Store Price - $70 Mail-In Rebate - $30 Bonus Mail-In Rebate = $199.99 Price After All Rebates
BTC Dual±R/±RW DVD Writer
$49.99
BTC 52x32x52 Internal CD-RW
$19.99
Artec 12x Dual ±R/±RW DVD Writer
$64.99
Canon Multipass 390 Printer/Copier/Scanner/Fax
$199.99 Regular Price - $50 Instant Gift Rebate = $149.99 In-Store Price After Instant Gift Rebate
PNY Verto 256 DDR3 GeForce FX 6800 GTAGP Video Card
$379.99
Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI Soundcard
$14.99
Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Soundcard
$199.99
Konica Minolta 2300W Color Laser Printer
$499.99 Regular Price - $250 Instant Gift Rebate = $249.99 In-Store Price After Instant Gift Rebate
Also The Fry's Electronics Ad is 8 Pages of super savings.
Fry's Electronics
Duluth, GA
3296 Commerce Avenue North West
(678) 405-6800
Fax: (678) 405-6818 | |
|
| | AnaGram6
join:2004-08-28
Saint Louis, MO
| Re: Frys come to Georgia Unbelievable rebate deals if you get there soon enough...I'm here on business for a few weeks...went in looking for a soundcard, which I got real cheap. Also got a new software called Audio Xtract that was on display with a rebate. I fired it up right away at home and it's amazing. I recorded about 300 MP3s from 5 internet radio streams at once. Has anyone else used this yet...I'm lovin' the free tunes! I heard they are opening a store in Chicago, too, if they haven't already. | |
|
|
|
|
